The Nymagee House Band ! ! - This revered Tamworth super-group will be officially supporting Jackie Marshall, Jeff Gibson and Andrew Hull and will unofficially be playing all over the place ! ! Featuring guitar and coalface luminary, Leigh Ivin,  Country Music Royalty Adam Bodkin, and the thinking mans precussionist, Ronny Rindo, this outfit of F%*&ed Up Genius's will be plying their trade as well as themselves with liquor - you cannot miss them. Video - The FUGS performing with Andrew Hull

Toni Swain, originally from Perth, took to the road at 18 to play guitar and saucepans through Eastern Block, Turkey and beyond. Eventually landed in Sydney to initially join rock band Stormy Monday. Toni's own music has foundations in blues and roots, which led her to perform at major blues festivals across Australia (Bridgetown Blues, Thredbo Blues, Bimbadgen Blues, Goulburn Blues, Maldon Folk). Now settled in Nundle, a busy gardening, chook raising and baby rearing schedule mean the gigs are few but well placed! Swaino currently is doing gigs around Tamworth and beyond with drummer Ronnie Rindo, guitarist Leigh Ivin and bassist Adam Bodkins....yes, thats right....THE FUGS ! ! !

Un-contested originators of Country Rock and Roll in Australia. Newcastle born and bred. Nearly played at the 1999 festival so got them back 10 years later for another go.Funny and fabulous, furious and furry, these mighty fine festival fiends will force you to fully fleece all your f words. ...

"It's not easy to deliver such traditional, cry-into-your-beer type stuff with enough personality to prevent it from sounding stale and awkward. Thanks to Espie's golden tonsils, A Few More Days pulls it off, gracefully bridging the span between a rural Tennessee beer barn and a Melbourne pub." Rhythms Magazine "Suzannah Espie has proved beyond a doubt at ther album launch...that she's got one hell of a voice and she's not afraid to use it. Ranging from gentle ballads to flat-out soul belters that blew the lid off the joint. Suzannah and her band, the awesomely talented, tight and just right Last Word turned on one of the gigs of the year!" Cheap Thrills Magazine "The live takes errupting with vitality, Espie's voice swings between commanding and tender as she stamps her identity on a selection of covers and originals" Inpress Magazine

The Grand Poo-Bahs of Country Rock'n'Roll - and if you think you're a fan and you haven't seen them at Nymagee - forget it...indeed, some afficionado's might argue that there is ONLY one place to see the Re-Mains perform....their last show has certainly done nothing to dispel that myth..... With a strong rural touring ethic that has seem them play as many one horse towns as national festivals and inner city venues they’ve successfully straddled the daunting gap between country music and rock and roll with their banjo and pedal steel-fuelled dirt track ballads. Freshly back from the high altitude climes and rockin good times of Canadia, they will be ready to reclaim their rightful position at front and centre... do not retire early... ...

The Lonely Horse Band was an idea conceived at the 2006 Tamworth Country Music Festival by Andrew Hull, Tonchi McIntosh and Mick Daley. They quickly formed a loose collaboration intent on producing more original music relevant to the ‘One Horse Towns’ of Western NSW. A few beers later and the Lonely Horse Band was formed. All three artists had a lot of goodwill invested in the Bi-Annual Nymagee outback Music Festival. This community then became the focus for the ‘Living Memory’ project which, after securing some funding from the CASP program, conducted three days of interviews and songwriting workshops in the village, resulting in the ‘Pomegranates and Peppercorn trees Album’ Two years later they repeated the process with the social benchmark 'UNDERGROUND - A Living History of White Cliffs'. This year the trio are working with the Dorrigo community to tell their story - The Lonely Horse Band - Coming to a small town near you ! !

'Tonchi McIntosh grew up in Bourke and has Mexican blood running through his veins on his Mother's side. He sings, his voice full of warmth and emotion, of Australia with a clear-sighted passion for the land and its traditional owners, moving from acoustic folk/rock to electric and touches of reggae and country. This mixture of musical forms enfolds his lyricism, and one of his strengths is the meshing of imagery, be it allegorical or as raw and rich as the red earth of the outback". www.acrosstheborders.com.au/management-tonchi.htm http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/16/1045330468261.html http://www.myspace.com/tonchimcintosh http://www.triplejunearthed.com/tonchi Bio Tonchi McIntosh: Melbourne based Singer/songwriter. Recently supporting Michelle Shocked (US), Dick Goughan (SCO), Rory McLeod (UK), Bruce Cockburn (CAN), Chris Smithers (US), James Keelahan (CAN), Peggy Seeger (UK) and performing at the Great Victorian Bike Ride, Walmadany Concert for Heritage in Broome, Woodford, Canberra National, Port Fairy, Apollo Bay, Blue Mountains, Illawarra, Tamworth, Georgetown (TAS), Billyana and Brunswick Music / Folk Festivals. He is booked to perform at this-years Nanga Folk Festival and the 2010 Fairbridge Festival W.A., recently returning from Broome where he played the Diver's Tavern at Cable Beach, and the Pearl Luggers with the Pigram Brothers. REVIEWS “Cool combo of great beatboxing, dub-tastic riddims and essential message. People get ready indeed!” Caz Tran, triple j “Tonchi McIntosh, remember the name. If all things were equal in the music ...

THE JUNES....what can you say....first thing that comes to mind are 'MOB OF SPUNKS ! ! !"......they are a country swing supergroup formed in the wake of GIT and THE TOE SUCKING COWGIRLS, two of the finest female fronted bands in the land. Barely containing the talents of Sarah Carroll, Suzannah Espie and Gleny Rae Virus, THE JUNES write, sing and play with all the skill and style of their combined years in the business. These gals may travel around the country and around the world in other guises, singing other songs, but when THE JUNES get together, a cone of country power is raised wherever they are, and audiences are drawn to it like moths to a flame........ helpless in the spell of the harmonies, the swing, and the sight of these beautiful women.....Beware the syrens outback farmers......

Neil Murray is one of Australia’s most original and respected singer/songwriters and has enjoyed a solo career since 1989.  He is a Nymagee regular and has written songs with the locals, danced in the old theatre and of course entertained in his inimitable way. Neil  has released ten albums "Calm & Crystal Clear", "These Hands", "Dust", "The Wondering Kind",-"Going The Distance", "About Time" (a 2CD retrospective compilation) Spoken, 2Songmen- live in Darwin and the latest "Overnighter" ...

Christened by the Outback Magazine as 'The Bard of Bourke', Andrew Hull has taken spoken word to a new audience with his spoken/musicla works which echo the iconic baladeering of Australian poetry. His 2008 collaboration with Leigh Ivin saw the release of 'Western Stream' which achieved critical praise with its innovative approach and the performances at the 2009 Tamworth were lauded as 'Stand out' . Described as a 'modern day Lawson' by Australian Geographic and "The Keeper of Lawsons secret" by Neil Murray, Andrew will perform with Nymagee House Band- The FUGS at this years Nymagee Festival

HILLBILLY COUNTRY SOUL......... Den's last Nymagee experience has him queing for the headline spot with his wild one man country party. Den Hanrahan’s music is part country pub rock, part poetic troubadour. He is a singer, songwriter, storyteller, guitar, banjo and harp player, stomp-box stomper, front bar larrikin. His gutsy vocals and lively guitar playing are the hallmarks of a misspent youth. His gigs are bold and upbeat, yet maintain an intimacy with the audience. His music is country rock born of one-night stands and roadhouses, and he’s not afraid to take his audience along for the ride! ...

Do you wonder how a diminutive blonde can, with bare hands (and a borrowed guitar) pick up 300 people and carry them away??....you need to see Jackie Marshall.....As a "mistress of the close mike" (TWA), "her husky, smooth, sensual voice and laid back, bluesy music about pain and pretty men make even the most ambivalent audience member melt in their seat. Marshall almost hides the true power of her voice, which enhances her performance's mystery and intrigue." ....Its true...you will know.... ...

1 part mystery, 1 part stone, 1 part whiskey and 1 part bone....shearing sheep by day and by night, burning the midnight oil to pen some of the best contemporary Australian music being produced today - hailing from Nundle, home of 'GibboStock' and perfroming with house band 'The FUGS, Gibbo will bless you ears with the gold the tourists will never find along the fossickers trail......bring beer....don't be late....

You won't find this in any recipe book but Liz Stringer has a voice deeply soaked in some oak barrel, stretched out to dry on ancient wooden racks and seasoned with herbs collected by wizened old women in old pinafores. I'm convinced of it, particularly when you match the voice to the face, which is guileless and young enough to suggest the ‘60s is near enough to ancient history.   This voice is not rough, far from it. No, when I say it is lived in I don't mean it's been abused, but rather it’s absorbed a fair number of experiences, both hers and others’, and allowed them to settle in, become her. Then in turn that "knowledge" both informs and deepens the quality of the songwriting. Again and again across this album you feel the song and the character in it in a direct visceral way. ...Pendulum, and Stringer, will be around for quite a while. You'll make sure of that once you hear this." Bernard Zuel, Sydney Morning Herald "Liz Stringer's music is bewitching. Within a minute, you find yourself spellbound by its sparse, atmospheric charms. Her yearning vocals offering tenderness yet commanding your attention." Scott Podmore, Sunday Herald Sun "A beguiling singer and accomplished ...

“...Flanagan's remarkable voice and distinctive take on folk/country are gradually gaining the national renown they deserve, earning her bookings on festivals such as Woodford and Tamworth.” MARTIN JONES Rhythms Magazine “A voice like an angel delivered with the sharp wit and smarts of a street hustler. The way she sings can make you wish for – even if it's sacrilege – what would have happened if Tom Waits were a woman?” BEN LANGFORD, Northern Territory News - entertainment editor. “The Leah Flanagan Band should appeal to anyone who appreciates organic music unafraid to explore a global range of styles.” MATT THROWER, Rave Magazine “Leah Flanagan instantly comes across as exactly the sort of person you’d want to be showing you the results of creative processes; smart, animated, and wholly involved.” ANDY HAZEL, Inpress Magazine

"Finger-picker, story-teller... with songs varying from tales of paranoid spies and love-sick rabbits, to urban bandits and tram-hopping adventurers, Van is a young singer-songwriter of the old school, whose songs draw you into the heart of the matter, evoking a middle-ground between a gritty moral modernity and the mythical netherworld of the spirit." (WaterfrontRecords)

Please respond to the essential criteria below....one or more answers may be acceptabel and/or required. 1. I.. (a) play music (b) can cook breakfast (c) regularly fund festivals (d) all of the above 2. Kangaroo tick bites take how long to heal? (a) days (b) weeks (c) seems like never 3. what would you do if you woke up covered in bogan fleas? (a) vow never to come back. (b) roll over (c) drink water and tune the guitars (d) whats a bogan flea? 4. how do you know you are a coalface artist? (a) today i am broke and have a gig (b) you dont (c) followed by crows (d) followed by friends of The Re-Mains. 5. whats your favourite song you cover? ....... by ........ 6. who is the owl? .......... ................... 7. to remove a bug from ear (a) shine a light in (b) get a mate to help 8. who is grandad? .................. ................. 9. I usually shower (a) before and after music festivals (b) daily or more often (c) never 10. A good sound system (a) has foldback (b) I have one. 11. My vehicle (a) is brand new (b) is very old (c) is a touring coach (d) has never been on a dirt road 12. who is Muzza? ........ ............... ("I see the lights of Hay") 13. Complete the following sentences "It's bad mate, ................." "heading out into the great dust-bowl playing,........................................." "Has anyone seen....................?" 14. Number of times you have ...